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Investigative journalist Evie Ross continues her investigation into Ashwood, and one place keeps appearing in the town’s stories.
Old Fen Road.
For generations, locals have warned their kids not to go there after dark. Not because it’s dangerous in any ordinary sense, but because of the stories people tell about what happens along that stretch of road.
People who seem to appear out of nowhere.
Cars that look decades out of date.
Strange animals moving in the treeline.
And sightings no one can quite explain.
Most residents treat Old Fen Road like a piece of local folklore; the kind of story every town invents to scare teenagers.
But when Evie begins tracing the reports more closely, she discovers something unsettling.
The stories about Old Fen Road have been told in Ashwood for a very long time.
And they’re remarkably consistent.
This is Absentia.
Where Silence Becomes Evidence.
From the Creator:
Echoes under Ashwood is more than a horror story...it is a deeply personal piece of autofiction. The slow-burn dread, the isolation of the rural Midwestern setting, and the unresolved history of the Gen X cast are directly informed by my own childhood trauma, processed and reframed through the lens of cosmic horror. This is an exploration of what it takes to look into the dark, face old ghosts, and survive the aftermath.
About Echoes under Ashwood: This is an audio-only cosmic horror podcast set in rural southeastern Ohio. Our story is a slow-burn analog mystery rooted in psychological dread, following a Gen X cast through an investigative narrative. While the story is completely improvised, the framework is heavily inspired by investigative tabletop RPG systems like Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green.
In This Episode:
Opening Song \"Home-grown\" written and performed by Sadie Baimel
Show is written, edited, and produced by James Altwies
Cast:
Bex Lexington / Carrie Harris
Dawn McBride / Angela Edwards
Harry Glassman / Grant Gleisner
Lance McClane / Gregg Baimel
Oz Hannigan / Art Pratt and Davis Edwards
Keeper / James Altwies
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